Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea at HCA HOUSTON WEST

12141 RICHMOND AVENUE, HOUSTON, TX · HCA Houston Healthcare · · NPI 1275580938

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published May 14, 2026 · Ingested Sep 10, 2026

$602.00

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$602.00

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$5.47 with Texas Health Network vs $541.80 with Affiliated PPO — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Texas Health Network MCD $5.47 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MCDCHIPBH $5.58 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STAR $5.58 ↓ -99%
Texas Childrens Health Plans STARKIDS $5.58 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIPPerinatal $5.58 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR+PLUS $5.58 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup MGMCD $5.58 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD CHIP $5.58 ↓ -99%
Community Health Choice MCD STAR $5.58 ↓ -99%
United MGMCD $5.69 ↓ -99%
Aetna Better Health MGMCD $6.03 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STAR $6.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARPLUS $6.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare STARKIDS $6.14 ↓ -99%
Molina Healthcare CHIP $6.14 ↓ -99%
Oscar MGMCR $6.51 ↓ -99%
WellMed MGMCR $6.61 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantagePPOPFFS $6.64 ↓ -99%
Devoted Health MGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Humana MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.64 ↓ -99%
CHC Harris Health Indigent $6.64 ↓ -99%
TriWest Healthcare Alliance Veterans $6.64 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology MCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
Renaissance IPA Radiology COMM $6.64 ↓ -99%
Kelsey Seybold MGMCR $6.64 ↓ -99%
United AllPayerAppendix $6.64 ↓ -99%
United NarrowNetworkIndivExchange $6.64 ↓ -99%
United SmallGroup $6.64 ↓ -99%
Amerigroup DualEligible $6.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRHMO $6.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRPPO $6.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MCRSNP $6.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring PFFS $6.64 ↓ -99%
Cigna HealthSpring MMP $6.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS MCRPPO $6.64 ↓ -99%
BCBS MedicareAdvantageHMO $6.64 ↓ -99%
Aetna MCR $6.70 ↓ -99%
Van Lang IPA MCR $6.71 ↓ -99%
United MCR $6.77 ↓ -99%
Integranet Amerigroup IPA MCR $6.84 ↓ -99%
WellCare MCRHMO $6.84 ↓ -99%
WellCare PFFS $6.84 ↓ -99%
WellCare POS $6.84 ↓ -99%
WellCare PPO $6.84 ↓ -99%
WellCare SNP $6.84 ↓ -99%
Humana MCD $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan DualEligible $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRHMO $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPOS $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRPPO $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan MCRSNP $6.97 ↓ -99%
Superior Health Plan PFFS $6.97 ↓ -99%
Shared Health MGMCR $6.97 ↓ -99%
American Health Plan MGMCR $6.97 ↓ -99%
ProCare Advantage MGMCR $6.97 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PFFS $7.04 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas PPO $7.04 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas SNP $7.04 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas POS $7.04 ↓ -99%
Provider Partners Health Plan of Texas MCRHMO $7.04 ↓ -99%
Christus (USFHP) TRICARE $7.19 ↓ -99%
TriWest Health Alliance TRCR $7.19 ↓ -99%
Molina MGMCR $7.24 ↓ -99%
Universal Healthcare Group MCR $7.97 ↓ -99%
Verda Health Plan MCR $8.63 ↓ -99%
Superior ValueHMO $9.63 ↓ -98%
Community Health Choice HIX $9.63 ↓ -98%
Superior HMO $10.29 ↓ -98%
Superior EPO $10.29 ↓ -98%
Corvel Corporation WORKERSCOMP $13.15 ↓ -98%
BCBS MyBlueHealth $13.41 ↓ -98%
OMNI Healthcare WORKERSCOMP $13.94 ↓ -98%
Molina Healthcare HIX $14.28 ↓ -98%
BCBS BAV $14.81 ↓ -98%
BCBS HMO $18.53 ↓ -97%
Oscar HIX $19.19 ↓ -97%
BCBS EPOSOA $19.85 ↓ -97%
Healthcare Highways NarrowNetwork $19.93 ↓ -97%
BCBS PPO $21.18 ↓ -96%
Aetna QHPExchange $24.34 ↓ -96%
Cigna CSN $27.89 ↓ -95%
Cigna OpenAccessPlus $30.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBHMO $32.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPOS $32.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna NBPPO $32.37 ↓ -95%
Aetna COMMPOS $34.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMHMO $34.39 ↓ -94%
Aetna COMMPPO $34.39 ↓ -94%
Cigna PPO $35.94 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARPLUS $36.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHIP $36.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan CHPFC $36.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STAR $36.12 ↓ -94%
Superior Health Plan STARKids $36.12 ↓ -94%
Aetna OONPPO $40.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONHMO $40.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna OONPOS $40.40 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAHMO $43.68 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPPO $43.68 ↓ -93%
Aetna ASAPOS $43.68 ↓ -93%
Humana PPO $88.72 ↓ -85%
Humana HMO $88.72 ↓ -85%
Texas Childrens Health Plans CHIP $99.93 ↓ -83%
United OptionsPPO $101.14 ↓ -83%
Texas Workforce Commission WCOMP $144.48 ↓ -76%
Evry Health BroadNetwork $164.35 ↓ -73%
Imagine Health PPO $210.70 ↓ -65%
BCBS Traditional $210.70 ↓ -65%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCEL $258.86 ↓ -57%
United GlobalAppendix $270.90 ↓ -55%
Fidelis SecureCare of TX MGMCR $270.90 ↓ -55%
Averde Health Commercial $270.90 ↓ -55%
Coventry National First Health COMM $320.87 ↓ -47%
Physicians Cooperative of Texas WC $331.10 ↓ -45%
Rockport Workers Comp COMM $331.10 ↓ -45%
Independent Medical System COMM $361.20 ↓ -40%
Triumph COMM $361.20 ↓ -40%
SouthWest Medical WORKERSCOMP $361.20 ↓ -40%
National Healthcare Solutions COMM $361.20 ↓ -40%
Coastal Comp COMM $391.30 ↓ -35%
Multiplan PHCSPrimaryNetwork $451.50 ↓ -25%
Cigna Behavioral Health COMMBH $481.60 ↓ -20%
HealthSmart Preferred Care PPO $493.64 ↓ -18%
Physicians, INC COMM $511.70 ↓ -15%
Multiplan ComplementaryNetwork $511.70 ↓ -15%
HealthSmart Preferred Care ACCOUNTABLEPPO $511.70 ↓ -15%
Affiliated PPO COMM $541.80 ↓ -10%
Curative Administrators COMM not published by hospital

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Suscept studies macrobroth dilution ea at other Texas hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
HCA HOUSTON MEDICAL CENTER Houston $282.87 $5.58 – $27.89
Baylor St Luke's Medical Center Houston $43.05 $4.78 – $123.00
St. Luke's Health - The Vintage Hospital Houston $43.05 $4.78 – $123.00
Houston Methodist Willowbrook Hospital Houston not published $6.64 – $27.62
Houston Methodist Hospital Houston not published $6.64 – $27.62
Houston Methodist West Hospital Houston not published $6.64 – $27.62
BAYLOR UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER Dallas $59.71 $5.58 – $74.64
BAYLOR SCOTT & WHITE MEDICAL CENTER - BRENHAM Brenham $68.89 $9.74 – $103.34

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